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Mike Lardy... surely you jest!

OK... I'm starting in on Volume I of Training with Mike Lardy. Puppy probably going to be born the end of September. So, I'm reading and taking notes and focusing on every word. First column of page 2, paragraph 2

" The first night or two at home, it's best to keep the pup right in bed with you."

Seriously????

I get it that you keep the pup very near by... In the past, I've put new puppies on a fluffy blanket and a short leash tied to the leg of the head of the bed about 3 feet from my face.

But in my bed? I don't think so.

(I didn't even take my own kids into bed with me. I hardly think I'll do it with a puppy. The kids turned out OK... BTW.)

One thing I always said was that I loved dogs but I never wanted one in the bed with me. After 4 solid hours of squalling his first night home, my boy curled nicely around the top of my head and went right to sleep.

Let him sleep at your side with his head against your neck for about 2 weeks. Call me when he gets his FC...

I guess at some point I might have read that from Mike. I don't remember reading it but, I've always thought it a good idea. It's very natural, just watch nearly any two dogs together and see how they sleep.

Last edited by John Lash; 07-31-2013 at 08:11 PM.

John Lash

"If you run Field Trials, you learn to swallow your disappointment quickly."

"Field trials are not a game for good dogs. They're for great dogs with great training." E. Graham

Howard NiemiYou really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013